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Olympic Heights
Green-roof project aims to clean up Beijing for Olympics |
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23 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Olympic Heights Green-roof project aims to clean up Beijing for Olympics With the 2008 Olympics in Beijing inching closer, the Chinese are hard at work cleaning up the notoriously smog-ridden city. Polluting factories are being relocated, new pipelines are bringing in natural gas to replace dirty coal, and higher emissions standards are being applied to the city's millions of cars. A green-rooftop ... |
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| Topics: China, environmental planning, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Revenge of the Filth
Space is getting awfully dirty |
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20 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Revenge of the Filth Space is getting awfully dirty Litter encircles our planet, in the form of thousands -- or even millions -- of bits of space debris: abandoned satellites and rockets, chunks blown apart by collisions, radioactive fuel, and that one blue sock you lost. "It's sort of a classic environmental problem, not unlike air pollution or water pollution," says NASA's Nicholas L. Johnson. "If you wait until y ... |
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Got to Admit, It's Getting Brighter, It's Getting Brighter All the Time
Global dimming reversed in past decade; now brightening again |
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06 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Got to Admit, It's Getting Brighter, It's Getting Brighter All the Time Global dimming reversed in past decade; now brightening again So, remember that big hubbub about "global dimming" a while back, whereby particulates (e.g., smog) in the earth's atmosphere were reflecting light and taking the edge off global warming? Yeah, well, funny story: That's not happening anymore. Two new papers in the journal Science ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Ceci N'est Pas une Wipe
Disposable wipes not just for baby bums anymore |
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27 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ceci N'est Pas une Wipe Disposable wipes not just for baby bums anymore The season of spring cleaning is upon us, and for many Americans that means taking to dirty surfaces with a few -- or a few million -- disposable wipes. With varieties specially made for scrubbing, dusting, disinfecting, and buffing everything from microwaves to granite countertops to leather goods, it's estimated that North Americans used some ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Do the Riot Thing
Chemical factory pollution sparks riot in eastern China |
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12 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Do the Riot Thing Chemical factory pollution sparks riot in eastern China Thousands of farmers rioted in a village in eastern China over the weekend, taking a stand against encroachment of the country's fast-growing industries onto their land, and the pollution and health problems that result. Villagers had set up roadblocks to interfere with deliveries to and from the 13 chemical plants in the area that now sit on what us ... |
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| Topics: China, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Waste
Like absentminded professors, nuclear plants misplace their waste |
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12 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Waste Like absentminded professors, nuclear plants misplace their waste A comprehensive new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office reveals pervasive problems in the nuclear industry, abetted by lax federal regulation. You know all that waste nuclear plants produce, the stuff that stays radioactive for a kajillion years? Yeah, well, seems they keep ... |
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| Topics: news, nuclear power, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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The Shipping Spews
Shipping line agrees to pay $25 million for illegal oil dumping |
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06 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Shipping Spews Shipping line agrees to pay $25 million for illegal oil dumping Evergreen International, one of the world's largest shipping lines, agreed Monday to pay a $25 million fine after pleading guilty to 24 felony charges and one misdemeanor involving secretly dumping oil off the coasts of five U.S. states and purposefully lying to U.S. Coast Guard officials about the practice. The plea agreemen ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, oceans, oil, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Je Syracuse
Onondaga Nation sues for land rights in New York state |
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31 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Je Syracuse Onondaga Nation sues for land rights in New York state The Onondaga Nation earlier this month filed a lawsuit claiming ownership of some 3,100 square miles of New York state, including Onondaga Lake in northwest Syracuse -- a large body of water to which the community claims to have ancestral connection. That lake also happens to be one of the most polluted in the country; once a source of trout and ... |
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| Topics: lakes, New York, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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All Your Base Are Befouled By Us
Military base closures leave behind toxic, uninhabitable land |
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30 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| All Your Base Are Befouled By Us Military base closures leave behind toxic, uninhabitable land Military bases frequently serve as economic engines for the communities they inhabit, and with what could be the biggest round of base closures ever on its way from the Department of Defense, those communities hope that developing the land freed up by the closed bases will replace some of the lost revenue. But the ... |
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| Topics: Department of Defense, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Eh, Just Throw It Out Back in the Shed
Nuke industry says cheapest waste-disposal plan is plenty safe |
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29 Mar 2005 |
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| Eh, Just Throw It Out Back in the Shed Nuke industry says cheapest waste-disposal plan is plenty safe With the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste disposal facility mired in technical, legal, and political difficulties, nuke boosters have decided, hey, who needs it anyway? "People are no longer saying Yucca Mountain has to be finished in order for the nuclear industry to have a revival in this country," says a s ... |
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| Topics: news, nuclear power, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Virtually Reality
Automakers launch ad campaign claiming cars are squeaky clean |
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22 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Virtually Reality Automakers launch ad campaign claiming cars are squeaky clean Fed up with negative publicity, automakers are making their vehicles virtually emission-free. Oh, wait, did we say "making"? We meant "calling." The "virtually emission-free" claim is at the heart of a new print ad campaign targeted at federal legislators by a coalition of automakers including Ford, Toyota, a ... |
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| Topics: news, placemaking, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Global Spillage
Pollution from around the globe taints U.S. air and water |
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14 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Global Spillage Pollution from around the globe taints U.S. air and water Even as battles rage in Washington, D.C., over controlling air pollution from domestic sources, dirty emissions from overseas are complicating the problem. Some 30 percent of the ozone in the U.S. may be drifting in from other countries, says NOAA scientist David Parrish. Dust from as far abroad as the Sahara Desert regularly ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, news, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics) |
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Polluter Actually Pays
Illinois power plants will spend half a billion on pollution controls |
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08 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Polluter Actually Pays Illinois power plants will spend half a billion on pollution controls A 1999 lawsuit against Illinois Power has ended in a proposed settlement of more than $520 million, most of which will go to installing new pollution controls. The suit charged that Illinois Power had violated the Clean Air Act by upgrading several plants without modifying pollution-reduction equipment, as requi ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Illinois, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Exhausted
Old diesel engines kill more than 20,000 Americans a year |
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23 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Exhausted Old diesel engines kill more than 20,000 Americans a year Particulate pollution generated by old diesel engines is killing more people per year than drunk driving, said a report released yesterday. Using data and methodologies from the U.S. EPA, the Clean Air Task Force and a coalition of public health groups found that more than 20,000 Americans -- particularly those in urban area ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, news, placemaking, pollution and waste, US EPA (all these topics) |
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